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843: The Master Key to Overcoming Procrastination with Dr. Hayden Finch

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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Is That Correct?

Hayden: It sounds like what I'm picking up is like here we've got a choice in terms of which pathway are we going to go down. Is that accurate or am I reading too much into it? Yeah, right. So your brain is paying attention to these reinforcement schedules. And it is noticing that I avoided the task and I felt better. In this case avoidance is being reinforced. But if instead I actually engage with the task, maybe not completely, but in a way that feels manageable for me today, then my relief comes from engaging with the task rather than avoiding the task. The more you do that, yes, you're right. The moreyou do that, the

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